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Second Australasian women and policing conference

Emmanuel College, University of Queensland
07 July 1999 - 09 July 1999

This conference was co-hosted by the Australasian Council of Women and Policing Inc., and the Queensland Police Service.

 

Contents

• Introduction
• History
• Conference participants
• Conference papers
• Related conferences

Introduction

The Second Australasian women and policing conference aims to gather together those who are interested in: improving the relationship between policing and women within the community; the position of women within policing; and in establishing a global network of women in policing. These aims are to be achieved through the sharing of information and research from members of the community, policing jurisdictions and universities. The intended conference outcome is to formulate strategies for change.

History

The First Australasian women police conference, which was attended by 300 delegates, was held in Sydney in July 1996. It was responsible for the identification of several strategies which aimed to improve the working conditions for women police. Several of those strategies have been implemented and include: establishment of an advisory group to commissioners on womens issues, establishment of an Australasian women and policing council, and the conduct of research into issues facing women in policing. Other outcomes will be discussed at the second conference.

The Australasian Council of Women and Policing Inc. supported by the Queensland Police Service is proud co-ordinate the second conference which will broaden the first conference's focus to include the participation of community groups interested in policing. This will enable those groups to have input on how policing may be improved for women in Australasia.

Conference participants

 

Conference papers

• Conference overview 
  Jane Mugford, Qualitative & Quantitative Social Research, Australian Capital Territory
• Recommendations from the Second Australasian Conference on Women and Policing 
• Police burnout and attitudes to women and domestic violence 
  David Alcorn and Simon Petrie, Justice Studies Department, Queensland University of Technology
• Women in policing : towards strategic partnerships 
  Liz Atkins, Law Enforcement Coordination Division, Attorney-General's Department, Australian Capital Territory
• Integration, leadership and commitment 
  Wendy Austin
• Family law, breaches of child contact orders - a police concern 
  Denise Bird
• Workplace harassment and why "it's not on" 
  Barbara Blackmur, Health, Safety and Industrial Relations Branch, Queensland Police Service
• Planning for a successful career in the Queensland Police Service 
  Pam Blowers, Career Planning and Management Unit, Queensland Police Service
• "You can't be a mother and a police officer" : how police services can do it better 
  Jennifer Bradley, Equity and Diversity, Australian Federal Police
• Police-public relations in Canberra : does gender make a difference? 
  Michael Braund, Australian Federal Police
• Do women police differently? Implications for police-community relations 
  David Brereton, Research and Prevention Division, Criminal Justice Commission, Queensland
• Gender issues in police communications : emotional decoding and job factors-police and nurses compared 
  Gayre Christie, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology
• Achieving justice for victim/survivors of sexual assault 
  Marg D'Arcy, CASA House
• Victoria Police Family Violence Pilot Project 
  Ashley Dickenson
• The first responder program 
  Mark Digby, Polaroid Australia Pty Ltd
• Resolving sexual harassment in police jurisdictions : alternatives and advantages to the discipline process 
  Jacqueline Drew, Queensland Police Service
• Can a coordinated community response to domestic violence assist women accessing the police in a domestic violence situation? 
  Pauline Eglington, Co-ordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence, Wynnum Pilot Project
• The future of policing : adapting to the environment and connecting to the community 
  Barbara Etter, Australasian Centre for Policing Research
• Improving the relationship between policing and women in the community - a logan river valley perspective 
  Marie Foelz
• Presentation 
  David Gill
• Family violence - blending community needs, policing and welfare practice 
  Cheryl Hastie
• Global networks and women in policing 
  Frances Heidensohn, University of London and Jennifer Brown, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
• Equal Opportunity in Part Time Policing 
  Margaret Hogan, Police Association, Victoria
• Audio tape transcript 
  Ross Homel
• International policing obligations to women 
  Heidi Hovarth, Australian Federal Police
• Domestic violence and child protection : a police responsibility 
  Jude Irwin, Fran Waugh and Marie Wilkinson, Department of Social Work, University of Sydney, New South Wales
• Lesbian domestic violence : unseen, unheard and discounted 
  Jude Irwin, Department of Social Work, University of Sydney, New South Wales
• Effective partnerships 
  Carole Kiernan, National Missing Persons Unit; and Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence
• Understanding violence against women : information and a data issues for Australia 
  Pamela Kinnear
• National crime prevention - implications for women 
  Nikki Maloney, National Crime Prevention, Attorney-General's Department
• Breaking the silence 
  Trudy Manders, European Network of Policewomen, The Netherlands
• Queensland Rail's Citytrain security system : an integrated approach 
  Robert McAlpine, Queensland Rail
• Creating an Australasian link in the global network of women in policing 
  Helen McDermott
• The women in law enforcement strategy 
  Elizabeth Montano
• Rhetoric and reality - joining vs 'hanging in there' 
  Geraldine Neal
• Putting women's issues on the agenda 
  Christine Nixon
• Audio tape transcript 
  Christine Nixon
• Address to conference 
  Terry O'Gorman, Australian Council for Civil Liberties
• Speech notes 
  Commisioner J. O'Sullivan
• Gender differences in transformational leadership among the field leaders of New South Wales Police students 
  Frances Panopoulos
• Measuring progress in gender equity in Australian policing
  Tim Prenzler, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Queensland
• Integrated intervention : the Women's Domestic Violence Court Assistance Program (WDVCAP)
  Janette Prichard and Sue Malcolm
• Operating in a hostile environment : the effect on women of the 1995 reforms to the Family Law Act and recent cuts to legal aid
  Zoe Rathus, Women's Legal Service, Queensland
• Visitors and invaders - women in a male dominated industry
  Katy Steenstrup, ACTU, Queensland
• Reporting sexual assault : the New South Wales Police Service response
  Julie Stewart
• New Zealand Police response to family violence
  Sgt JJ Taylor, Police National Headquarters, Wellington, New Zealand
• Police women and their partners : influence and outcomes of work stress in the family
  B Thompson, A Kirk-Brown and A Brown, Griffith University, Queensland
• Policing violence against women nationally - what national structures? What national coordination
  Melinda Tynan, Attorney-General's Department, Australian Capital Territory
• Police interaction and support for women facing violence in a domestic situation
  Robyn Walton
• It is more than "just a piece of paper" - breaches of Apprehended Violence Orders
  Jane Wangmann, Domestic Violence Advocacy Service
• Welcome speech
  Eunice Watson
• Policing family violence victims : what happens to complainants who apply for protection and then disappear?
  Rosemary J Wearing, La Trobe University, Victoria
• "Our support does not end with the making of an order" : trial of a new process
  Chris Willoughby, Illawarra Committee Against Domestic Violence
• The glass ceiling : is mentoring a way through?
  Jill Wood